When Life Hits Hard
What do you do when all hope seems lost? I don't know why when God blesses me with a need I seem shocked. I should know by now that God...
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Tina Samples
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Women Need This
Insight for the woman's soul. Yes, we so long for that; to know what we're getting right. We do assume that others know how we feel...
Tina Samples
Jan 25, 20222 min read
An Unexpected Slap in the Face
Learning to Laugh at the Little Things “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are...
Tina Samples
Aug 27, 20182 min read
Starving For Attention
She sat in the far corner of the booth, baby on the right of her. Her husband sat across from the baby and their toddler sat across from...
Tina Samples
Aug 14, 20182 min read
The Gossip Aisle
Seek to Build Up and Not Tear Down Many years ago, I passed two women gossiping in the middle aisle of our church. I passed right by them...
Tina Samples
Feb 18, 20182 min read
Escaping the Darkness
A wounded woman hides in the darkness and dares not approach the light. He calls her name. “Deana.” She turns, eyes wide, limbs...
Tina Samples
Aug 15, 20162 min read
I Am Safe
A word for the fearful The bird leaps from limb to limb without a care or worry. I sit, watch, and listen to the words of the song Come...
Tina Samples
Jun 28, 20162 min read
God Never Wastes a Hurt
What do we do with those pricking and stabbing wounds? Before we answer that question, perhaps we need to answer one more - what have you...
Tina Samples
Oct 21, 20151 min read
Patience
When patience exudes from our being, it gives the men in our life strength to endure the day. Men face hardships as much as women....
Tina Samples
Sep 15, 20153 min read
7 Ways Women Are Wounded
1. Through Relationships: The two women in Solomon’s court understood tension, betrayal, and grief. One of our greatest quests in life is...
By Tim Stafford/Christianity Today
Jul 28, 20151 min read
The Church's Walking Wounded
This morning I came across an interesting article written by Tim Stafford. The post is rather long, but worth reading if you have the...
Tina Samples
Jul 2, 20152 min read
What's a Minion?
Life is busy! This weeks words to me: "Stop stressing" "Chill out" "You need a minion." "What's a minion?" was my response. I completely...
Tina Samples
Jun 13, 20152 min read
Friend to the Hurting
Are you a good friend? Finds you Reaches out Identifies the hurt Embraces you and your wounded heart Nurses you back to God and those who...
Tina Samples
Apr 13, 20151 min read
Are You Living a Double Life?
Read one woman's story of addiction, fear, and getting honest. As sinful people we can be quick to judge another's pain. How often do we...
Tina Samples
Feb 9, 20152 min read
3 Steps to Start Healing From Deep Scars
I have scars. I have a scar above my eye-brow and was told I fell in the bath tub when I was a small child. I have a scar on my hand...
Tina Samples
Feb 2, 20151 min read
Do You Have A Life Verse?
Do you have a life verse? One that carries you and holds you through difficult seasons? While in high school, I stumbled upon a...
Tina Samples
Jan 28, 20151 min read
The Courage to Face Our Insecurities
Are you feeling inadequate, insecure, lacking in your ability to serve? Check out this wonderful testimony of one woman’s journey to find...
Tina Samples
Oct 24, 20143 min read
His and Hers: A Kaleidoscope of Wants
I’ve said it before, my husband and I are completely opposite. Yes – we look through very different kaleidoscopes. In fact, while...
Tina Samples
Oct 10, 20142 min read
The Unfolding of Words
Lena laughed and her voice bellowed down the hall creating a domino effect of laughter. Her entire body jiggled like a bowl of jello. She...
Tina Samples
Aug 13, 20141 min read
The Builder
Jephthah's Daughter- Wounded Women of the Bible: Finding Hope When Life Hurts Sometimes dads hurt their daughters. But the One Father we...
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